This 1993 volume of Freedom presents a history of the emergence of free-labor relations in different settings in the Upper South.

Union occupation of parts of the Confederacy during the Civil War forced federal officials to confront questions about the social order that would replace slave

As slavery collapsed during the American Civil War, former slaves struggled to secure their liberty, reconstitute their families, and create the institutions be

As slavery collapsed during the American Civil War, former slaves struggled to secure their liberty, reconstitute their families, and create the institutions be

Union occupation of parts of the Confederacy during the Civil War forced federal officials to confront questions about the social order that would replace slave